Not All That

I voted today. Big deal. And I mean that. Big. Deal.

We're supposed to be all for democracy. Well, I am too. Yet only because we don't have a better, um, choice. Too often democracy is merely a code word, a dog whistle, for tyranny of the majority.

That's all it means, you know, that fifty percent plus one can make everyone else do their bidding. Knowing what I know about human nature, that is not a comfort. 

So yes, by all means vote. Just remember that your neighbor can be a petty tyrant in his own right. As can you.